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Title:Nigeria and Fernando Poo, 1958-1966, The Politics of Irridentism
Author:Akinyemi, A. Bolaji
Year:1970
Periodical:African Affairs: The Journal of the Royal African Society
Volume:69
Issue:276
Period:July
Pages:236-249
Language:English
Geographic terms:Nigeria
Bioko
Equatorial Guinea
Subjects:foreign policy
Politics and Government
Inter-African Relations
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/720630
Abstract:The decolonisation of the Spanish empire resulted in Fernando Poo and Rio Muni becoming the independent state of Equatorial Guinea in October 1968. Fernando Poo is an important consideration in Nigeria's foreign policy. First, it is a near neighbour; secondly, much of the labour on Fernando Poo coffee, cocoa and timber plantations is Nigerian by birth. Public concern over the treatment of the short-term migrants resulted in considerable pressure from political and press groups on the Federal government to take a tougher line with Spain and some argued for Nigerian annexation of the island. The government of Equatorial Guinea is determined not to antagonize Nigeria. Parts of the article: The pre-independence period, 1929/60 - The post-independence period, 1960/65 - Factors underlying Nigerian policy. Notes.
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